Coming to grips with the world in the Trump era

I don’t know if anyone has figured out yet how to deal with Trump and the new era he has forced upon us.  It’s questionable whether the normal state of opposition to regimes that we don’t approve of is sufficient in the case of Trump. Many journalists seem to have adopted a total opposition that confronts Trump’s lies with their own exaggeration, however sometimes this is necessary in the case of a leader whose worst sins are not lies but deeds.  He is a danger – no longer just a danger but effectively detrimental – to American and world democracy.  He is beginning to unravel and undermine efforts towards handling climate change, upon which our future depends.  He is damaging relationships between the U.S. and the world. He has brought in a team of tycoons with narrow interests that are unfavorable to Trump’s own constituency.  He is indicating an appetite for increased military spending.  He is limiting advances in women’s rights.  And there are many other dangers and uncertainties ahead.

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Honesty

A president who plagiarizes his inauguration speech from Hollywood blockbusters, even steals the design of the cake from the previous president and then lies about the size of the crowds attending, is being transparently honest with the American people.  He’s saying I won this and now you’re screwed.

Polanski’s The Ghost (Writer)

This excellent thriller is about a person called to write the memoirs of a fictionalized Tony Blair, who turns out to have been a CIA stooge.

It’s certainly ironic to be watching it today, when we have a new American president accused of being a Russian lapdog.